And in February 1997, 130 American environmental organizations signed a letter asking Vice President Al Gore to encourage the Canadian Government to pass an endangered-species bill then being considered by the Canadian Parliament.

• 1997年2月130个美国的环保组织签名上书给副总统阿尔·戈尔，要求他促进加拿大政府通过有关濒危物种的法案，当时加拿大议会也正在考虑这个问题。